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Monday, February 2, 2015

Ne Spitsya/The Diving/2014 CD Review

Ne Spitsya are a band from Russia that plays a mixture of metal, alternative and dream pop and this is a review of their self released 2014 album "The Diving".

Melancholic keyboards and symphonic sounds start off the album along with some clean singing vocals a few seconds later and you can also hear a great amount of acoustic guitars in the bands musical style and the solos and leads they use are also very melodic and some of the later tracks bring in psychedelic elements.

Operatic female vocals are added on some of the tracks for a few seconds while they are rarely utilized and after awhile more electric guitars and metal influences are added onto the recording while the main focus remains more on an alternative and dream pop sound and the acoustic guitars also bring in elements of folk music.

Ne Spitsya plays a style that is more closer to alternative and dream pop while they do add in some gothic metal elements at times to give the songs more of a powerful edge, the production sounds very professional for being a self released recording while the lyrics are written in Russian and cover dark and depressive themes.

In my opinion Ne Spitsya are a very decent sounding mixture of alternative, metal and dream pop and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Supernova" "Home" "I'm With you" and "Bird's Shadow". 8 out of 10.